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Week 9 hand analysis

Hand 1

Now North’s hand is not balanced
Í A K 8 7 6
and so he opens his longest suit. South Ì K 9 8 6
has enough points to make a bid at the 2 Ë A 8 7
level and so bids his longest suit. Ê 6
By rebidding 2Ì North describes a Í J 10 4 Í 9 2
Ì Q J 4 3 Ì 10 2
hand that is 5+ spades (his first suit) and
Ë K J 3 2 Ë Q 10 9
4+ hearts. Ê J 2 Ê A 10 9 8 7 3
South now rebids 3Í showing 10-11 Í Q 5 3
points and 3 spades. The bid is not 14 Ì A 7 5
forcing. However, with a few extra 9 6 Ë 6 5 4
11 Ê K Q 5 4
values North bids the game.
North South
East has a difficult lead here if he 1Í 2Ê
leads a club the Ace would promise the 2Ì 3Í
King and look what happens if he leads a 4Í All pass
small one! South’s queen wins but when
East tries to cash the ÊA North trumps -

Do not underlead an Ace against a trump contract!

So, he should probably try the unbid suit and lead Ë10.
This is a trump contract and so keep C. A. L. M. (This is the most
difficult hand you have seen so far and you must keep a clear head).

Count our top tricks by power. 3 spades, 2 hearts and 1 diamond. 6 in
total.
Add tricks from other sources. 2 tricks by length in spades. A slow trick
by power in clubs and a possible trick by position in that suit as well.
Loser check. We have 2 losing diamonds and 1or 2 losing hearts and a
losing club. 1 or 2 too many.
Manage the hand. This hand is far too difficult to plan all at once and so
let us do it in pieces. First, if the ÊA is with West we must lose 4 tricks (2

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